Thanks to a pesky cloud cover, this year’s Supermoon didn’t appear nearly half as luminescent as last year’s. But our reliable band of photographers still managed to gather a few dramatic shots of Saturday’s display.
FRIDAY: >> Starting tonight, George Mason Stadium plays host to the region’s annual D.C . College Cup. The soccer teams of George Washington, American, Howard, and George Mason will square off in two rounds of games. Though the tournament is conspicuously missing national powerhouses UMD and UVA, the event will still showcase some of the best young talent around. GW and AU kick off tonight’s slate (5:00 p.m.), with Howard and GMU rounding the night…
As proof that bloggers need to get more sleep, we accidentally left one of the biggest music events of the week off of yesterday’s This Week In Jazz post. For shame. Fear not, jazz-lovers, for today we remedy the problem by informing you of Saturday’s Planet Arlington World Music Festival. The festival, which begins at 4 p.m. at the Iwo Jima Memorial grounds, will feature Hugh Masekela (pictured, Legendary South African Trumpeter), Lila Downs (Latin…
Diplomacy is the cornerstone of foreign policy. The relationship between countries can be fragile, but diplomatic exchanges foster valuable insight into each other’s cultures, bring to light areas of mutual cooperation to achieve common interests, and forge stronger economic and political ties. However, when two countries cannot reach an agreement on an area of conflict and the stronger country will sometimes jettison diplomacy and pull out their big stick. Quote of the Week Metro: Tourist…
Watch out, D.C.! 15,000 runners are expected to hit the streets of Washington this Sunday. A local institution, the Marine Corps Marathon attracts competitive runners from all over the world as well as thousands of amatuers eager to punish their bodies by running through 26.2 miles of D.C.’s streets. This years race starts at Arlington National Cemetary, goes through Georgetown, much of Rock Creek Park, hits the National Mall, winds through Hains Point and…
When DCist was out for Sunday brunch at the Fort Meyer Officer’s Club, we picked up a copy of the Pentagram, the base’s newspaper. We often forget about all the news that happens on the area’s military bases, partially because base-life is relatively closed off and isolated from the general public. (DCist had trouble finding our way onto the base, with the Wright Gate, adjacent to the Iwo Jima Memorial, closed; we had to enter…